Active components:

- Saponins.

- Tannins

- Furanocoumarins

- Caffeic acid

- Monoterpene Glycosides

- Inulin.

Medicinal properties: ( The same than the Field eryngo )

Internal use

Depurative: It purifies the blood and combats the inflammations that affect the urinary tracts (stones, painful micturitions, uretritis, chronic prostatitis, etc.) or those of the circulatory apparatus (albuminuria, icterus, etc.) (15 tincture drops three times a day)

Diuretical:It favours the elimination of corporal liquids, by making the kidneys overwork , being very appropriate in cases of dropsy, rheumatic and heart illnesses that associate with the accumulation of water in the body.
(Decoction of 20 gr. of root in 1/2 liter of water during 10 minutes. Three glasses a day, after each meal)

Expectorant: It acts on the mucous of the lungs, favoring the expectoration in cases of cold or flu and avoiding the spasms. (The treatment seen before can be suitable to such an end)

Diaphoretic: It stimulates the sudation, reason why it favors the diuresis and helps to eliminate toxins of the body. (Decoction of the root)

Toxicity: There are not studies that point out their possible toxicity. However, in case of abuse , because of its diuretic and diaphoretic properties, it could produce an unbalance of the blood pressure, by decreasing it too much.

Picking-up and storing: Its root should be picked up from summer to autumn. It should dried off and stored in a fresh place.